Nordwalde climate — normals and trends
Nordwalde (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nordwalde averages 57 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Nordwalde has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 73 to 41 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 27 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
NordwaldeNorth Rhine-Westphalia
- coords
- 52.08°, 7.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
773mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
27.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
54.2 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
7 February 2021
Sunniest day
15.7 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 115 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 6.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 57 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 37 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 69 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 41 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 75 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 92 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 31 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nordwalde?
Nordwalde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nordwalde?
The hottest day measured in Nordwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nordwalde?
The coldest day measured in Nordwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Nordwalde?
Yes. Nordwalde gets on average 27.4 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Nordwalde warmed?
Yes: Nordwalde warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nordwalde?
The wettest day measured in Nordwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nordwalde?
The windiest day measured in Nordwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nordwalde?
The warmest month in Nordwalde is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Nordwalde?
Nordwalde receives on average 773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nordwalde?
Nordwalde gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nordwalde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nordwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2021, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nordwalde?
Yes: Nordwalde has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nordwalde?
In Nordwalde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 27 January 1942.
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